Feed the Children and the Tsunami Victims

One of my weaknesses when it comes to TV, is informercials. But not just the Ronco type, but the Feed the Children type - I think part of me just wants to do something more meaningful than write requirements for web software. So last night, I was watching the latest Feed the Children plea for help, and about half way through, my wife and I look at each other teary-eyed, and she's giving me this, "Well, aren't we going to do anything?" look.

"Honey," I complained, "We're still getting out of debt." Scoldingly, she looks at me and says "we'll hardly miss ten dollars a month for six months." What could I say? FTC has comitted to helping the Tsunami victims for a 6 month period, so we joined on. No, we won't get a picture of some kid we are sponsoring - just a little satisfaction that we are part of telling these people that they are not forgotten (even if they do disappear from the news).